Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an indistinct manner; not clearly or definitely; obscurely; dimly: as, the border is indistinctly marked; the words were indistinctly pronounced.
- Without distinction or preference.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly.
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- adverb In an
indistinct manner.
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- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The clerk who ushered her in pronounced her name indistinctly, and the elderly man who rose from his chair at her entrance looked at her inquiringly.
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Wilton the silence continued for an exceedingly long time; but at length a voice was heard, apparently at some distance, pronouncing a name indistinctly; but Wilton imagined that it sounded like his own name.
The King's Highway 1830
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When the president spoke, he touched on matters which are [word indistinctly] in the current revolutionary process.
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Professor Featherwit caught one name indistinctly; that of the young Aztec in whose company Bruno had set forth on his ill-starred venture; and hoping to learn more of importance, he caused the aerostat to hover directly above that particular group of redskins.
The Lost City 1898
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Professor Featherwit caught one name indistinctly; that of the young
The Lost City 1878
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(Written somewhat indistinctly, meaning probably _incerta_.
Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis
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The boy in the dock mumbled something indistinctly.
SUICIDE 2010
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I had set myself the task of finding the Trumble reference I remembered, indistinctly, from my studies at Cambridge with my modernism tutor.
Letter from Hamish 2009
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I had set myself the task of finding the Trumble reference I remembered, indistinctly, from my studies at Cambridge with my modernism tutor.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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The other grunted indistinctly, and walked on in silence a few steps.
JUST MEAT 2010
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